Hakeem Lecky scored five goals Sunday, including four against the Iroquois.
Photo by: Rich Barnes
9/29/2013 10:12:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Orange men's lacrosse team opened its fall season with a pair of exhibition victories Sunday, Sept. 29 at Cortland Stadium. Syracuse defeated Team Israel, 12-3, in its opening game and followed it up with a 14-11 victory against the Iroquois Nationals.
Both contests were part of a four-team scrimmage (Siena was the other participant) hosted by the Iroquois to raise money to fund their trip to Denver for the upcoming 2014 Federation of International (FIL) Â World Championship. The Iroquois are coached by Cortland head men's lacrosse coach Steve Beville.
Against Israel, Orange head coach John Desko turned to some talented newcomers and some less-experienced veterans and they responded with a convincing victory in a game played with two 20-minute halves and a running clock.
Freshman Dylan Maltz (two goals, one assist), the younger brother of senior attackman Derek Maltz, was one of three players with a game-high three points for Syracuse. Dylan Donahue (one goal, two assists) and Kyle Henry (one goal, two assists) also tied for team-high scoring honors.
Ben Romagnoli and Tyler Avallone split time in the cage, each making two saves in the win.
Against an Iroquois squad that featured former Orange All-American Jeremy Thompson as well as his brothers Jerome, Miles, Lyle, and cousin Ty, the Syracuse veterans took center stage. Hakeem Lecky scored four goals and Kevin Rice registered six points (two goals, four assists) to lead the Orange to a 14-11 win after SU trailed 10-7 at the half.
In addition to Lecky and Rice, Donahue had another superb game, finishing with three goals and two assists. Also of note was the play of Nicky Galasso who missed all of last season due to injury. Galasso passed out two assists against the Iroquois in his first competitive game as a member of the Orange.
Senior goalie Dominic Lamolinara totaled six saves and Bobby Wardwell had three in the game, which comprised two 20-minute quarters and two 15-minute quarters. All four periods were played with a running clock.
Syracuse has two weeks of practice remaining before concluding its 2013 fall season Saturday, Oct. 12 with the fourth-annual Orange Alumni Classic at the Carrier Dome.
Syracuse 12, Israel 3
SU Scoring (Goals-Assists): Dylan Maltz (2-1), D. Donahue (1-2), K. Henry (1-2), E. DeJohn (2-0), P. Powderly (1-1), D. DeJoe (1-1), J. Evans (1-0), H. Lecky (1-0), N. Manning (1-0), T. Grimm (1-0), P. Ciferri (0-1)
SU Saves: B. Romagnoli 2, T. Avallone 2
Syracuse 14, Iroquois 11
SU Scoring (Goals-Assists): K. Rice (2-4), D. Donahue (3-2), H. Lecky (4-0), E. DeJohn (2-0), N. Galasso (0-2), H. McGinley (1-0), A. Hatem (1-0), S. Loy (1-0), P. Ciferri (0-1)
SU Saves: D. Lamolinara 6, B. Wardwell 3
Both contests were part of a four-team scrimmage (Siena was the other participant) hosted by the Iroquois to raise money to fund their trip to Denver for the upcoming 2014 Federation of International (FIL) Â World Championship. The Iroquois are coached by Cortland head men's lacrosse coach Steve Beville.
Against Israel, Orange head coach John Desko turned to some talented newcomers and some less-experienced veterans and they responded with a convincing victory in a game played with two 20-minute halves and a running clock.
Freshman Dylan Maltz (two goals, one assist), the younger brother of senior attackman Derek Maltz, was one of three players with a game-high three points for Syracuse. Dylan Donahue (one goal, two assists) and Kyle Henry (one goal, two assists) also tied for team-high scoring honors.
Ben Romagnoli and Tyler Avallone split time in the cage, each making two saves in the win.
Against an Iroquois squad that featured former Orange All-American Jeremy Thompson as well as his brothers Jerome, Miles, Lyle, and cousin Ty, the Syracuse veterans took center stage. Hakeem Lecky scored four goals and Kevin Rice registered six points (two goals, four assists) to lead the Orange to a 14-11 win after SU trailed 10-7 at the half.
In addition to Lecky and Rice, Donahue had another superb game, finishing with three goals and two assists. Also of note was the play of Nicky Galasso who missed all of last season due to injury. Galasso passed out two assists against the Iroquois in his first competitive game as a member of the Orange.
Senior goalie Dominic Lamolinara totaled six saves and Bobby Wardwell had three in the game, which comprised two 20-minute quarters and two 15-minute quarters. All four periods were played with a running clock.
Syracuse has two weeks of practice remaining before concluding its 2013 fall season Saturday, Oct. 12 with the fourth-annual Orange Alumni Classic at the Carrier Dome.
Syracuse 12, Israel 3
SU Scoring (Goals-Assists): Dylan Maltz (2-1), D. Donahue (1-2), K. Henry (1-2), E. DeJohn (2-0), P. Powderly (1-1), D. DeJoe (1-1), J. Evans (1-0), H. Lecky (1-0), N. Manning (1-0), T. Grimm (1-0), P. Ciferri (0-1)
SU Saves: B. Romagnoli 2, T. Avallone 2
Syracuse 14, Iroquois 11
SU Scoring (Goals-Assists): K. Rice (2-4), D. Donahue (3-2), H. Lecky (4-0), E. DeJohn (2-0), N. Galasso (0-2), H. McGinley (1-0), A. Hatem (1-0), S. Loy (1-0), P. Ciferri (0-1)
SU Saves: D. Lamolinara 6, B. Wardwell 3
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